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The boat is located about 3,000 feet from where a police chase with Tsarnaev and his 26-year-old brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, ended late Thursday night.

“It’s very close. And it's very close to where the original scene was,” said a neighbor named Danielle.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev had been killed in a gun battle following the car chase during which he and his younger brother hurled explosives at police from a stolen car, authorities said. The younger brother then fled on foot.

During the initial getaway attempt, the brothers killed an MIT policeman and severely wounded another officer, authorities said.

After the "Shelter-in-place" order was lifted later in the day, a homeowner went outside and discovered blood on his boat. He said he noticed one of the straps on the boat’s covering had been cut so he lifted the flap to look inside and noticed a pool of blood and the suspect hiding inside.

“If they had checked this neighborhood in the morning, it might not have been a whole long day,” said neighbor Greg Nash. “It's alarming to think that they were in the area for that amount of time. And you would think that a boat or a shed would be a common place that you would look.”

Neighbors said they are just relieved that the manhunt ended without anyone else getting hurt.

“Whatever they told them to search first, it must have been proper protocol. To go search a boat. Those are questions for those people,” said another neighbor.